boom

Meanings

Verb

Noun

Interjection

  • The sound of a bass drum beating.
  • The sound of a cannon firing.

Origin

  • , perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen ("to hum, buzz").
  • Borrowed from Dutch boom ("tree; pole"). beam.
  • Perhaps a figurative development of Etymology 1, above.

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